NFL Week 9, Sunday, November 8, 2026
Ian picked every game right. All fifteen. It is the third perfect week in the 28½-season history of this group, and the first one ever in a week with more than 14 games.
Jeff and Spencer, who started this thing in October 1998, have now picked 481 weeks each. Their combined total of perfect weeks is zero.
The row in question
Straight from this week's results sheet, rows 648 to 657 (trimmed).
| A | B | C | D | E | G | H | I | K | L | M | O | P | Q | S | T | U | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 648 | Jeff | Spencer | Jacob | Ian | Favorites | ||||||||||||
| 656 | Week 8 | 11/1/2026 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| 657 | Week 9 | 11/8/2026 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 14 | 1 | .933 |
The pick sheet
Every perfect week, ever
| Date | Week | Who | Record | Games that week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2019 | Week 8 | Jacob | 14–0 | 14 |
| Oct 13, 2024 | Week 6 | Jacob | 14–0 | 14 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | Week 9 | Ian | 15–0 | 15 |
| Oct 1998 to now | 481 weeks | Jeff | 0 | 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s |
| Oct 1998 to now | 481 weeks | Spencer | 0 | 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s |
From this week's results email
“Congratulations to Ian on becoming the second person to complete a perfect week and the third time it has ever happened! Remarkably, Ian has his first perfect week 5.5 years into his picks career. I have 2 in 13 years. Meanwhile, the two originals are yet to achieve this feat after 28.5 years.”
Meanwhile, in the last 28½ seasons
Jeff and Spencer made their first picks on October 11, 1998. Here is some of what happened in the world while they were waiting for a perfect week. Their record for each season is on the left.
What you could have done instead
The group calls it 28½ years because this is season number 29. The calendar says October 11, 1998 to November 8, 2026: 10,255 days, or 1,465 weeks. Jeff and Spencer spent it making 14,414 picks between them, none of them part of a perfect week. Here is what else fits in that time.
So close. So many times.
In 481 weeks each, Jeff and Spencer have finished exactly one game short of perfect 11 times between them. Here is every one of them, with the one red square that ruined it.
Two games short
Jeff has lost exactly two games in a week 19 times. Spencer has done it 23 times.
The math says one of them is owed
If you take each man's career pick rate and run it across every week he has played, the dice say Jeff should have about one perfect week by now. Spencer should be close to one. The actual count is still zero.
Treats every pick as an independent coin weighted to the picker's career win rate. Real weeks are lumpier than that, which is the only thing Jeff and Spencer have going for them here.
Fun facts from the sheet
Everything here comes from 29 seasons of the results spreadsheet: 481 weeks and 19,287 picks.
Every season, Jeff vs. Spencer
Win percentage by season. Best season in green, worst in red.